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COVID-19 Testing in Wastewater

The Arava Institute is starting an exciting new research project to help fight the coronavirus. Dr. Clive Lipchin will lead a 12-month study to test

11/08/2020

The Impact of Annexation on Natural Resource Management and Environmental Justice in the Jordan River Basin

05/08/2020

Anti-Annexation Camp – Alumni Activism

During the Spring 2020 semester, Arava Institute students and interns experienced lock-down together during the most intense months of the coronavirus pandemic between March and

13/07/2020

Letter to KKL: Eviction of the Sumarin family from their home

Since 1996 the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies has brought over 1,000 Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian, and international students together on its Kibbutz Ketura campus, where

28/06/2020

group of women in the desert, seen from behind raising their arms to the sky

End of Spring 2020 semester

Last week we said goodbye to the students and interns of the Spring 2020 semester, our ‘covid cohort’. The 57 participants from Palestine, Jordan, Israel,

18/06/2020

COVID-19: Research updates

The Arava Institute has maintained a relatively high level of activity in our research centers and other departments throughout the pandemic. Here is a quick

31/05/2020

group of alumni sitting in circle outdoors

Alumni reflections: Sharing, caring, learning, and dancing together – the unlikely effect of Coronavirus

It is hard to conceive of many silver linings of the current pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center, as of Saturday, May

25/05/2020

Alumni network activities during the coronavirus crisis – an alumna’s view

At the beginning of global lockdown/quarantine/stay at home orders, I, like many, reached out to my friends from afar, especially those from my semesters at

24/05/2020